NEW BATAAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY, March 19 (PIA): About 40 women coming from typhoon-displaced families living in bunkhouses in New Bataan engage in a productive activity through the help of the Compostela Valley Provincial Council of Women (CVPCW).
In a recent interview, Rural Improvement Club (RIC) New Bataan Federation President Fe Circulado said the council of women of the province had tapped the RIC to bring together the women taught to weave assorted-color rags into rugs.
CVPCW has initially provided them with five sacks of rags worth P600 each, and weaving frames to work on their colorful rugs that they are selling at P150 each, bringing them substantial income especially when they can produce an average of three rugs a day.
“Lipay kaayo mi maghuna-huna nga may kita mi. (We are happy at the thought of having an income.),” Circulado said. “Wala pa ko mahuman naa nay gusto mopalit sa akong gihimo. (I have yet to finish my weaving, someone wants to buy my rug.),” she said.
Personally, Circulado has two standing orders but the entire RIC group has 28 other orders of rugs.
Other than engaging women in economic activity, the rug-making takes women away from news mongering. “Busy na sila himo ug rugs. (They keep themselves busy making rugs.),” Circulado said.
Noting the income-generating benefits of rugs-making, some women in New Bataan poblacion are now expressing interest to get involved in it, Circulado said.
As of March 6, 2013, New Bataan has an estimated 46,679 population, among which, 12,444 are household heads with a 34,235 total number of dependents.
Such data from the Municipal Information Office (MIO) says that women makes up a total of 17,935 among the dependents. (PIA XI/Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)
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